"This is not a three-year project, this is an eight-year project," he said Friday night. "So I need you one more time. And we're confident we can get there, but we're going to need your help."

Obama gave credit to his administration for helping to bring about new job growth and stabilize the banking system. But he said he ran for the White House not just to restore the status quo, but to improve upon it.

"I ran because the status quo pre-crisis wasn't good enough," he said.

Fundamental change is hard, particularly when the goal is to move the US from its traditional values to a Euro-socialistic nanny state. Based on his three year record, does he deserve another term?

1. $15,564,809,891,767.99 - This is how high record US federal debt is as of today. Although "record" and "US debt" in the same sentence is now redundant. So just debt. (source)

2. $8.354 billion. This is how much net US tax revenues (net of refunds of course) are lower in fiscal 2012 to date compared to the same period in 2011. In this Bizarro world, economic recovery is apparently based on weaker numbers (source).

This from a President who denounced his predecessor as 'unpatriotic' for increasing the national debt nearly $5 trillion over 8 years while his own Administration is on pace to increase the national debt by over $6 trillion in 4 years.

...Toyota U.S.A. reports brisk sales of the game-changing Prius c compact hybrid. Then, TMS goes on to say that “In its first three days on the market, it sold 1,201 units, making it one Toyota’s fastest-selling vehicles and eclipsing Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf sales for the entire month of February.”

No bailout from US taxpayers, no DOE green energy loans - just building a car that works (and delivers superior gas mileage) for a reasonable price...the marketplace working the way it should.

Oral arguments to the Supreme Court on the case to determine the constitutionality of Obamacare take place on March 26 thru the 28th.

- In yesterday’s notice, the Administration is suggesting that insurance companies offer coverage of abortion-inducing drugs and contraception—free of charge—directly to employees of religious organizations that oppose the mandate on moral or religious grounds. This way, according to the Administration’s logic, religious employers aren’t providing or paying for such services.

But religious groups aren’t following that distorted logic. Among many others, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has made clear that such accounting gimmicks are wholly inadequate to deal with the serious moral problem the mandate has forced upon religious groups.Insurers are not going to eat the costs of these services themselves. They will simply pass the costs for the drugs along to employers through increases in premiums, a fact the Administration admits in its own notice released today.

These cuts will eliminate 100,000 ground troops for the US. The Air Force will be reduced to the smallest size in their history, while the US Navy will shrink to a size not seen since prior to the First World War. New equipment and capability procurement has dropped significantly - this after we have to face the effects of 'wear and tear' coming from a decade of war against Islamofascism.

As noted by 'Information Dessemination' - in addition to retiring the 52 year old USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and a half dozen 30+ year old frigates, we are also retiring 4 Ticonderoga class Aegis missile cruisers that have or can have ballistic missile defense capabilities well before their active duty lifespans have been reached.

According to Israel's NRG, in a just completed cabinet vote, for the first time Netanyahu has gotten a majority (8 over 6) supporting an Iran attack. NRG also notes that at this point Israel has decided to not wait until the US elections in November before proceeding with sending crude to the stratosphere. From NRG (google translated): "Israeli political sources believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a majority Cabinet support Israeli military action against Iran without American approval....He announced that he would not hesitate to perform the operation without the approval of President Obama mentioned the precedent of the decision to attack the Iraqi reactor, Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and with the comments heard yesterday some cabinet ministers say privately that "It sounds like a speech preparation for attack." Political - Security Cabinet 14 ministers. According to estimates, at this stage tend to support Netanyahu and Barak's approach eight ministers, and six against it (including the traditional opponents octet: Moshe Ya'alon, Dan Meridor, Benny Begin and Eli Yishai)." So... $4.00 gas is just around the corner. As is, probably, $5.00 gas. And $6.00 gas.

This is a good move for the Yankees as Petite brings experience to the club - and someone who can work very closely with the key young members of the New York Yankee staff.
Spring Training has reached its halfway point...

On This Day in History

461 -St. Patrick dies in Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor.

1756 - St. Patrick's Day celebrated for the 1st time in New York City

1762 - First St. Patrick's Day parade takes place in New York City - Irish soldiers serving in the British Army march through the City

1776 - British forces evacuate Boston - retreating to Halifax, Nova Scotia ending 8 years of British military occupation of the city. This is a major victory for the Revolutionary forces. The British positions became untenable after General Washington's forces deploy heavy artillery captured at Fort Ticonderoga on Dorchester Heights.

1973 - The first American prisoners of war from the 'Hanoi Hilton' prison camp are released by the North Vietnamese.

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